On Monday, Senator Bernie Sanders backed out of an interview with Vermont newspaper, Seven Days, after the paper refused to accept conditions set by his staff.

Sanders backed out of the interview after Daniel McLean, the Senator’s spokesman, called the reporter Sunday night and attempted to set the conditions that any questions about “political gossip” or Sanders’ family were not to be discussed.

“I have lots of questions for you about the issues,” Seven Days called out to Sanders as the senator walked away. “But we don’t accept conditions from politicians in exchange for interviews. Not a policy at Seven Days.”